Prime Minister's Literary Awards Non-Fiction Shortlist 2008
Ochre And Rust: Artefacts And Encounters On Australian Frontiers
$49.95 – Hardcover book / Wakefield Press
In the Flinders Ranges, A Kuyanic man presents a cake of ochre to a European doctor, in earnest proof that the threatened ochre mine is 'as important as the Bible is to Christians'. As netted bags are exchanged for cloth... Buy or find out more →
A History Of Queensland
$0.00 – Paperback book / Cambridge Univ Pres
A History of Queensland is the first single volume analysis of Queenslandâ?s past, stretching from the time of earliest human habitation up to the present. It encompasses pre-contact Aboriginal history, the years of con...
Cultural Amnesia: Notes in the Margin of My Time
$32.95 – Trade paperback / Picador
This is a sprawling, divergent intellectual adventure that’s both thought-provoking and entertaining. It’s an unsurprising combination from James, the consummate intellectual entertainer. This vast project, a collection ... Buy or find out more →
My Life As A Traitor
$12.95 – Trade paperback / Scribe Publications
Zarah Ghahramani was born in Tehran in 1981, two years after Ayatollah Khomeini returned to Iran to establish the Islamic Republic. Zarah's life changed suddenly in 2001 when, after having taken part in student demonstra... Buy or find out more →
Napoleon: The Path To Power 1769-1799
$49.95$24.95 – Hardcover book / Allen & Unwin
Napoleon Bonaparte's rise to power was neither inevitable nor smooth. It was full of mistakes, wrong turns and pitfalls. Napoleon's identity during his formative years was shifting, his character ambiguous, and his inten... Buy or find out more →
Shakespeare's Wife
$35.00$12.95 – Trade paperback / Bloomsbury
Little is known of the wife of England's greatest playwright; a great deal, none of it complimentary, has been assumed. The omission of her name from Shakespeare's will has been interpreted as evidence that she was nothi... Buy or find out more →
Vietnam: The Australian War
$39.99 – Trade paperback / Harper Collins
'War takes a blender to standards and values ... Men come back and spend the rest of their lives trying to find out who they are ...' - Harry Whiteside, who served with the SAS and the Royal Australian Regiment in Vietn...